Northville boys seeded second, Patriots seeded third in Class B

LATHAM?- The Northville Falcons rolled to the Western Athletic Conference North Division title with a solid 12-1-3 records.

Their performance was strong enough to earn the Falcons, ranked sixth in the state among Class D schools, the second seed in the Section II Class D postseason tournament behind Adirondack League champion Fort Ann (15-1-0).

The Oppenheim-Ephratah/St. Johnsville Wolves (10-5-1) joined the Falcons among to top seeds in the Class D bracket, earning the No. 3 seed.

Northville will open its championship pursuit 3 p.m. Thursday with a home match against No. 7 Hartford.

The Wolves also open play hosting No. 6 Germantown at 3 p.m. Thursday at St. Johnsville High School.

Victories by both teams sets up a semifinal showdown between the WAC rivals at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Queensbury High School.

With an upset victory over Queensbury Saturday night, the Broadalbin-Perth Patriots will start their run at a Section II Class B championship tonight. The third-seeded Patriots will host No. 14 Chatham at 7 p.m.

The Patriots were awarded the third seed behind top-seeded and defending state champion Ichabod Crane and second-seeded Schalmont and ahead of No. 4 Schuylerville.

The Mayfield Panthers (10-4-2) also will host a first-round game tonight. The seventh-seeded Panthers will host No. 10 Berlin at 7 p.m. in a Class C opening-round matchup. The winner advances to play the winner of today’s game between second-seeded Maple Hill and No. 15 Doane Stuart on Friday.

Fonda-Fultonville and Canajoharie will enter the Class B and C tournaments, respectively, with play-in games today.

No. 18 Fonda-Fultonville will play No. 15 Mechanicville at 3 p.m. today with the winner advancing to play second-seeded Schalmont at 3 p.m. Friday.

No. 17 Canajoharie and No. 16 Mekeel Christian will square off at 3 p.m. today in a Class C play-in game with the victor advancing to play top-seeded Lake George at 3 p.m. Monday at Lake George.

The Amsterdam Rams were awarded the No. 10 seed in the controversial Class A bracket.

The Rams will travel to face No. 7 Scotia-Glenville at 3 p.m. Thursday with the winner scheduled to play second-seeded and Foothills Council champion South Glens Falls at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Queensbury received the top seed in the Class A bracket over South High, Suburban Council contender Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and Big 10 runner-up Troy.

“In their non-league games, Queensbury was 2-0, South High was 0-2,” Section II committee chairman Jim Gillis said. “They split in the regular season. We spent a lot of time on that and to be honest, in my opinion, that was our toughest decision to make between those three, Queensbury, South High and Burnt Hills and what to do with those three seeds. It was a problem taking a league championship team and putting them in the second spot.

“Last year Broadalbin-Perth and Ichabod Crane created a problem for us meeting in the [Class B] semis. We felt we needed to have the right to move some teams up and some teams down. If we were going to be half in we might as well be all in and try it.”

Gloversville, Johnstown and Fort Plain opted not to participate in postseason play.